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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 26, 2016 - 02:37pm PT
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Its got 3,610 posts and is still going strong. I check in on it here and there and have no idea what its all about. Feels like walking into the wrong ballroom at a hotel. I'm kinda like, "whoah, what's going on in here?" then I'm like, "maybe I don't belong here" then I'm kinda like "well maybe I'll sit here and stare at the people for a while but I'll keep my mouth shut."
Anybody care to tell me what's going on in there? What is a Flame? Who are the Flames? What is the commonality in the thread? How do I contribute? Its like coming in halfway through Mulholland Drive and feeling confused and intrigued and scared and curious all at once.
It seems to be a rambling hot mess of poetry, bluegrass, gnomes, jazz, sunsets, beatnik thought, cats, ponies and even a little climbing.
Please splain the madness to me!
"this thread has padded walls
we the underdogs.
i like to come in here
and throw myself sideways
it'z a silent tragedy.
i don't make no drama
as my doom unfolds in my lap.
no wheezing as i fight for life,
only a blue-lipped half smile."
-Norwegian
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Jan 26, 2016 - 02:39pm PT
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Sounds like you got a handle on it to me....
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this just in
climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
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Jan 26, 2016 - 02:40pm PT
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It's about nothing and everything.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Jan 26, 2016 - 02:41pm PT
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you ever measure meaning in micrograms? beam yourself up scotty 8----)
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jan 26, 2016 - 02:42pm PT
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It has no cowbell. So I'm out.
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crankster
Trad climber
No. Tahoe
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Jan 26, 2016 - 02:44pm PT
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When you figure it out maybe do the same wth the Mind thread, too.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Jan 26, 2016 - 02:52pm PT
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phylp
Trad climber
Upland, CA
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Jan 26, 2016 - 03:08pm PT
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I think Mouse told me once that the Flames thread was the place he could post as much as he wanted and not annoy anyone. But I could be hallucinating that memory.
Now the "What is Mind" thread I find very valuable. Because whenever I see it come up I feel my mind go pleasingly blank, despite never looking at it. I think I may have one post on it at the very beginning, but I could be imagining that too.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Jan 26, 2016 - 03:37pm PT
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It's Mouse from Merced's opus.
When he's gone, we will be able to find something of him there.
Also, it is simply ... Mouse's longform version of "Kilroy Was Here".
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here
Ostensibly, the thread is a free association whose leaping off point is a group of buddies from Merced, the self-styled "Flames".
Some of them, such as Jeff Mathis, a.k.a. "The Rev." and Mouse, actually climbed.
But, be thinking more along the lines of cultural reservoir.
Think selfie stick ... But instead of being pointed at a man's head, it's pointed inside a man's head.
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perswig
climber
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Jan 26, 2016 - 04:07pm PT
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^^
Tar, one of the best on ST at distilling the essence of a thing.
Glad to see you around.
Dale
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Jan 26, 2016 - 04:08pm PT
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Hahahah! I've almost started this same thread several times but I decided to just be the guy who laughed at the joke without getting it instead of having the guts to ask someone to explain it to me.
I'm still not sure I get it, but there is some help in here...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 26, 2016 - 04:15pm PT
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Got news for ya.
It's not about "nothing."
Nothing could be further from the truth.
It is what it is.
Take or leave.
Give and receive.
My blessings on all who participate.
My condolences to all who fail to realize, "Flames abide."
MFM
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jan 26, 2016 - 04:25pm PT
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F*#king Tarbuster. I just love his sh#t.
Always have.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 26, 2016 - 04:25pm PT
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An exploration of the tangents of life from various viewpoints.
The mind thread on the other hand is an ego thing about who gets to be the smartest.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jan 26, 2016 - 04:27pm PT
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You ever feel "approbated?"
I do, by golly.[Click to View YouTube Video]
I don't care who thinks we're silly
You be Daffy and I'll be Dilly
We'll order up two bowls of chili
Settin' the woods on fahr
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Jan 26, 2016 - 04:29pm PT
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Hotel California to me.
Susan
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Bushman
Social climber
Elk Grove, California
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Jan 26, 2016 - 04:59pm PT
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Of Flames Here Now
Like horseradishes
And what you eat
Warms your heart
Or burns your seat
And love affairs
That cannot be
Be cautious of
The flames you see
A favorite room
And hearth to set
My weary bones
Would rest not yet
But to my dogs
I always say
My magic ways
Will end some day
They marvel as
I plant a kiss
Upon their heads
For now there's this
-bushman
01/26/2016__
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Flip Flop
climber
Earth Planet, Universe
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Jan 26, 2016 - 05:08pm PT
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It's a thread
for Middle Earth locals
who find meaning in many places.
While some other threads are
filled with egoistic blathering
of no consequence.
Flames drop cowbells
and fascist killing riffs.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jan 26, 2016 - 05:09pm PT
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